What we have learned ' ' '

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What we have learned . . .

• Present Tense
• Present Progressive Tense
• Preterite Tense

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Present Tense

• Start with an infinitive
• Drop the -AR, -ER, or -IR
• Add these endings

Irregulars Check your notes or Text R30-R36
AR
ER
IR
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Present Tense

• Use this tense to discuss what people do.
• Using BAILO as an example, the present tense can
  translate to
• I dance
• I do dance
• I am dancing

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Present Progressive Tense

• Use the present tense of ESTAR
• Use the present participle of another verb

Estar
AR
-ANDO
ER/IR
-IENDO
dormir --gt durmiendo leer --gt leyendo
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Present Progressive Tense

• Use this tense to discuss what people are doing
  RIGHT NOW!
• Using ESTOY BAILANDO as an example, the present
  progressive tense translates to
• I am dancing (RIGHT NOW)

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Preterite Tense

• Start with an infinitive
• Drop the -AR, -ER, or -IR
• Add these endings

Irregulars See your blue sheet!
AR
ER/IR
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Preterite Tense

• Use this tense to discuss what happened in the
  past.
• This tense is used to pinpoint specific actions
  in the past.
• Using BAILÉ as an example, the preterite tense
  translates to
• I danced.

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Imperfect Tense

• Start with an infinitive
• Drop the -AR, -ER, or -IR
• Add these endings

ER/IR
AR
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Imperfect Tense - IRREGULARS

• IR, SER, AND VER

IR -- TO GO
SER -- TO BE
VER -- TO SEE
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Imperfect Tense

• Use this tense to describe something that
• was happening in the past
• you used to do in the past
• Use this tense to tell how old someone was
• AND to tell what time it was
• BAILABA
• I used to dance or I was dancing